Tartufi al Cioccolato
(Chocolate Truffles)
Ingredients:
2 oz (50 grams) petit beurre biscuits
1 oz (25 grams) hazelnuts
3 oz (75 grams) dark chocolate
1 and 1/4 oz (30 grams) raisins
1 tablespoon rum
Cocoa powder, for dusting
Directions:
Put the biscuits in a polythene bag and crush with a rolling pan.
Finely chop the hazelnuts.
Melt the chocolate and mix with the biscuits.
Add the remaining ingredients, except the cocoa powder, and mix together.
Leave to cool for 1 hour.
Form the mixture into small balls the size of a cherry and dust with cocoa powder.
Place in little sweet papers and store in a cool, dry place. Makes 12.